NUFORC Sighting 112113

Occurred: 2014-08-01 23:25 Local
Reported: 2014-08-02 07:06 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Fort Orange, FL, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Left a trail, Changed Colo

Yellow/orange fireball, triangular in shape, formed from three circles, shot straight up, then turned laterally and became faint.

My wife and I are on vacation from Denver. After spending the day in St. Augustine, we started back to our hotel at 10:50 pm to New Smyrna Beach.

It was exactly 11:25pm, when I noticed a very obvious and huge orange/yellow fire ball blasting straight up into the sky. We had reached the Fort Orange exit at that time.

I immediately pulled over and asked my wife to get out of the car. At first I thought a space shuttle launch was occurring. It soon dawned on me that the flames and sound were missing. It was just a great intense glow.

After it reached about 15 thousand feet, it shot south in a lateral direction leaving behind a trail as if a meteor were moving through the sky, and the orange/yellow dimmed to white and started to look like a distant star.

Trust me, that's when I knew we were witnessing a most unique occurrence. I couldn't close my jaw, and my wife pointed out it was triangular, seemingly formed out of three balls.

Seriously speaking, this made my a! nniversary trip...the coolest ever. I feel very lucky to have witnessed it.

NUFORC Note:

Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD

Posted 2014-08-08